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If you have never suffered
from having a panic attack then you want to
pray you never do. Panic attacks are more
serious than you can ever imagine. It is has
been said that people who suffer regularly from
them are more prone to having a heart attack
and this is not good. However, the threat of
dying from heart disease for panic attack
patients was 24% less than among non-sufferers.
Panic attacks (also known as anxiety attacks)
do bring symptoms but thankfully harmless ones,
but still uncomfortable ones to have to
tolerate. Panic attacks are the most extreme
manifestation of panic disorder, an anxiety
response resulting from an over-production and
under-use of adrenalin, the bodily chemicals
that cause
them.
When
the anxiety reaction has no use for
adrenalin, this influential hormone can
make a group of physical responses which
can peak with the structure of a panic
attack. This response is natural and
physical - it has nothing to do with
mental or physical illness or chemical
imbalances, but it can feel very
threatening indeed. Some people handle
their panic attacks better than others,
however at the end of the day why handle
them when you can treat them to make
handling even more easily. People who
suffer from panic attacks are not mad as
some folk believe. They may well be mad
over the fact that they have them but
other from that they are as sane as you
and me. Assumptions like this can cause
problems for the patient and the
onlooker. People need to understand what
panic attacks are so they can give
support to the ailing
person.
Panic attacks form when the
Amygdale, a small organ in the brain which
shapes part of the subconscious mind and plays
a vital part of the activation of the anxiety
response, becomes re-set at a higher than
appropriate level of anxiety, tipping the
sufferer into panic attacks mode in a split
second; often without any external stimulation
or catalyst. Panic attack symptoms are normally
a more severe description of the symptoms
experienced during generalised anxiety. These
include.
•
Breathless
• Pains in the
chest
• Stomach
cramps
•
Diarrhoea
• Pacing
heart
• Dizziness or
giddiness
• Tingling in the
extremities
• Muscle aches and
pains
•
Perspiration
It`s
sometimes the aftermath of having a panic
attack that is the most stressful. A
patient after having suffered a panic
attack is normally left feeling weak and
frail, lethargic, confused, emotional and
paining. If you are uncertain at times
when you start experiencing spasms of
unusualness that is giving you reason for
concern then make an appointment to speak
with your GP. Your doctor will be able to
determine if you are suffering from panic
attacks or other. Whether it is anxiety,
stress or panic attacks you think you are
having then you will need medical
attention to stable the condition and
ease the nasty symptoms connected to each
disorder. The quicker you get treatment
the quicker you can get on with leading a
normal life, free from having panic
attacks or anxiety bouts. If someone
close to you is showing signs they a have
a health problem of this nature then you
must try and help them and get them to
seek treatment right
way.
Why
prolong the discomforts that derive from
these types of conditions. Disorders as
such has a way of affecting people in
many ways and one is it can seriously
upset your way of life. In a way of
disabling you from doing things that you
may have in the past always naturally
done.
Start today for
tomorrow to be a new tomorrow for you without
the stresses and anxieties stemming from your
panic attacks.
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